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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent does the Rag have?

2. What is the name of Schpies's daughter?

3. How did Katerina's mother tell Katerina that her father had died?

4. What is the occupation of the woman living at the house in 'An Honest Thief'?

5. What is Shumkov's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Yulian treated the way he was in 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights'?

2. What does Murin have Ordynov do when he tells him about his marriage to Katerina?

3. Why is the woman Yulian is interested in not attainable at the time?

4. Why does Dostoyevsky say babies are born knowing to cry?

5. How does 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights' begin and end?

6. What is the older man doing in 'Another Man's Wife'?

7. What does Ivanitch find out about Pyotr's wife?

8. Why did Dostoyevsky vary the sentence length in his writing?

9. Who was Ivanitch searching for in 'A Novel in Nine Letters'?

10. How did Ordynov change after his relationship with Katerina had ended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the dream of the Ridiculous man, and how did it change him for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them in these stories?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in almost all of these stories. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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